Re: Font problem

Robert Sievers (bob@abisource.com)
Tue, 01 Jun 1999 09:21:43 -0500


At 05:50 PM 5/29/99 -0500, Joel Schneider wrote:
>After using abisuite-0.7.0-1.i386.rpm to install abiword on a newly
>installed Red Hat 6.0 system, abiword refused to run. When attempting
>to launch abiword by typing "abiword &" at the command prompt, it
>displayed a splash screen and the main editor window along with a
>message box saying:
>
> Could not load X font:
> -*-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-10-0-0-0-p-56-iso8859-1

We are looking into this right now. With some outside help from Matt
Kimball, we think we may have a fix for this. We will be cutting 0.7.1
very soon now, and it is quite possible this little critter will be
squashed for good.

Robert Sievers
Open Source Evangelist



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